WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the designation of 13 new National Historic Landmarks in nine different states, including a site associated with the famed Apache scouts, the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world, and an early 18th-century parish church.[Read More…]
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New Ad: What if Polluter Lobbyists in Washington Were Replace With Asthmatic Children?
Seven-Figure Ad Buy Supports EPA and Obama Clean Air Protections against Industrial Carbon Pollution WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. If every polluter’s lobbyist around Congress was suddenly replaced by severely asthmatic children, then maybe Congress wouldn’t always be trying to gut clean air standards. On Wednesday, the Sierra Club and the[Read More…]
Fight is on to Save Connecticut’s Landmark Pesticide Bill
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. A group of community and health advocates and legislators will gather this Thursday, March 8, at 1 p.m. to draw attention to a bill in the state legislature that would revoke Connecticut’s 2005 law that restricts the applications of pesticides on school grounds. “Connecticut’s landmark law banning[Read More…]
Koch Institute, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Announce Launch of ‘Bridge Project’ to Attack Most-lethal Forms of Cancer
Institutions, research teams, non-profit organizations join forces in novel approaches targeting pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) announced today that they have funded several research teams in a joint collaboration aimed at solving[Read More…]
Preventing Contamination in Recycling
New study examines ways to prevent accumulation of impurities in recycling aluminum. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Aluminum has long been the poster child of recycling. About half of all aluminum used in the United States is now recycled, and this recycling has clear and dramatic benefits: Pound for pound, it[Read More…]
FDA Issues Warning Letter to Makers of AeroShot ‘Caffeine Inhaler’
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a warning letter to Breathable Foods Inc., makers of AeroShot, for false or misleading statements in the labeling of their product, and told the company that the Agency has questions about the safety of the “caffeine inhaler.” The[Read More…]
EPA Underestimated Number of Polluted Florida Streams, Lakes, Rivers and Springs in Florida
Upgrading outdated sewage systems is critical; likely to cost Floridians a few pennies a day Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Floridians may end up paying a few more pennies a day in the coming years to upgrade outdated sewer systems that are contaminating public water supplies, the National Academy of Sciences[Read More…]
EPA Reverses Decision to Allow Four New Feedstocks into the Renewable Fuel Standard in Response to Environmental Objections
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2012. The Environmental Protection Agency today withdrew a previous direct and final rule to amend the Renewable Fuel Standard after environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, submitted comments about the agency’s failure to address land use change and greenhouse gas and invasive species impacts in its[Read More…]
Prenatal Chemical Exposures Linked to ADHD in Boys
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. New research conducted in New Bedford, Massachusetts suggests that organochlorine chemicals, which were first linked to learning problems in children more than two decades ago, may play a role in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), especially in boys. Previous research has reported associations between organochlorines and ADHD-related[Read More…]
NTSB Chairman Offers Support for National Sleep Awareness Week
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2012. For decades, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has investigated accidents and incidents, across all modes of transportation where fatigue was a causal or contributory factor. National Sleep Awareness Week (March 5-9) and the start of daylight savings time on Sunday, reminds transportation operators and the public[Read More…]
